Public Protector Bemoans Lack Of 'Good Work' Media Coverage

Riyaz Patel

Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane believes the “good work” done by her office is being overlooked by the media intent on focusing more on high profile people and cases.

Addressing University of Pretoria students Monday, Mkhwebane pointed out there were thousands of “sad stories with happy endings where her office had intervened,” but that their good work hasn’t been publisised.

PP: There are 1000s of such sad stories with a happy ending, where my office has been involved. You never get to hear about them because the office is politicised, with the media focusing more on matters involving the so-called high profile people.
— Public Protector SA (@PublicProtector) October 14, 2019

She briefly touched on a number of ‘successes’.

She pointed to the case when they assisted a man who was harassed by creditors demanding that he meet his financial obligations – he was a retired and disabled Free State